Notes

At least until it is Unplugged

No, I wouldn't do that to you.



This weekend, I've got two Bujolds and a Butcher to read. As an indication of how busy I've been, I've yet to read Peace Talks, let alone Battle Ground.



Intel's DG1 discrete GPU is now shipping. (AnandTech)



For laptop makers, it's not available as cards. I don't believe that laptops themselves have shipped yet, therefore no benchmarks.



When it comes to benchmarks, the Ryzen 5600X is extremely fast. (Tom's Hardware)



It's awe-inspiring if this is true. (CPUBenchmark)



The multi-threaded performance appears plausible, but the single-threaded performance is a surprise. It's just one benchmark, and it's possible that this benchmark performs particularly well on Zen 3. But I've found that Passmark scores track very closely with Python performance, so it's a useful benchmark for me.



If it is able to stand up, then AMD's new 6 core processor has 110% of the single-threaded speed and 94% of the multi-threaded performance of Intel's flagship 10 core 10900K. It's faster than an 18 core Xeon Gold 6140.



And would be a pretty major upgrade over my current Ryzen 1700.



It is essential to read the fine print, even if it says "Ships from and sold by Amazon".



I didn't get burned This doesn't apply to the model with 400GB, which seems to be authentic. If you search for SanDisk microSD cards on Amazon AU, everything smaller than 400GB comes with a bizarre disclaimer:



This is an aftermarket for generic parts.



Ubuntu 20.10 is out, and includes an Raspberry Pi edition. (Tom's Hardware)



I was thinking of checking whether it was out and I found it. I need to install the new Linux VM onto a New Spare Laptop because the old one was a mess.



In the context of spare laptops, it is it discovered that Old Spare Laptop has the same battery issue as New Spare Laptop.



With the Old Spare Laptop there's also a loose connection, which coupled with the battery failing means it's unreliable even when plugged in. It turns out that the loose connection is in the charger cable and not the laptop. I remembered I had another charger with exactly the same plug so I swapped the cables and it was working.



It will continue to work until you remove the plug. After that, it will cease to function instantly.



In Hololive news Gawr Gura surpassed 1 million subscribers and Mori Calliope reached 500k in the same Minecraft collab stream (which I watched live) and Calliope was the number one iTunes album worldwide on the same day. Coco is back to smear her fans and HololiveCN is being, um, granted independence.



HoloCN girls will be granted all rights to their characters to be independent. China is too toxic for Cover to decide to tackle right now, particularly with the runaway success of HoloEN.



Anemoia is the feeling of nostalgia for things you never had the pleasure of experiencing. (Wiktionary)



Not to be confused avec Amemoia which is Gura's feeling about Watson.



Huawei has launched the Mate 40 series powered with the new Kirin 9000. (AnandTech)



The primary feature of the Kirin 9000 is the massive Mali G78MP24. My Mediapad M3 has the Kirin 9000 with a Mali T880MP4, which is six times faster than it was before clock speed and architectural improvements.



To purchase a Mate 40 would be insane. It's not cheap, doesn't include Google services and the CPU built on TSMC's brand new 5nm process - has already stopped production due to US sanctions against Huawei.

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